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Prevention consists in avoiding conditions which may bring 

 the virus into contact with the mucous membranes or broken 

 skin. It is never safe to purchase or trade, from a stranger, a 

 horse that has any nasal discharge or suspicious sores. Stories 

 of having caught cold or having a little distemper may usually 

 be suspected, under such circumstances. 



Treatment. — It is probable that some cases of glanders re- 

 cover under favorable conditions without treatment especially in 

 the Northwest, but this is a very dangerous disease ; we have no 

 means of knowing which cases have a reasonable probability of 

 recovery ; and medical treatment by the use of drugs has never 

 seemed to give any satisfactory results. For these reasons it is 

 usually conceded by veterinarians that treatment of glanders is 

 not justified. All cases should be reported to the proper health 

 officers. 



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